Polar Plunge Event is in the Journal News

STONY POINT — As temperatures drop, the Stony Point Seals are getting pumped up to make another plunge into the Hudson River.

The Stony Point Seals, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, has been raising money to help local families with children who have extraordinary medical needs.

The 13th annual Polar Plunge, set for Feb. 5, at Grassy Point sea wall, will benefit 5-year-old Brandon Hernandez, who was born with a heart defect called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and has been diagnosed with Noonan syndrome.